Longevity starts with learning

Chapter 90
For the few apprentices in the medicine hall, the thing that they dislike most is probably the sorting of medicinal materials.

After all, there are many kinds of medicinal materials, and a considerable part of the medicinal materials are not much different in appearance, and there are even many similar ones.

However, the subtle differences in appearance and medicinal properties are worlds apart.

If there is a slight mistake, it must be reprimanded or even punished by Mr. Li!

But for Chu Mu, this kind of thing that can perfectly combine theory and practice, he naturally enjoys it.

After all, if he buys a few big bags of medicinal materials by himself, even if he only buys a small amount of each medicinal material, the accumulation will be a sky-high price.

In his ruined medicine cabinet in the guest room, there were only dozens of common medicinal materials, and the quantities were very small, but it also consumed nearly two months of his black gold plus monthly salary.

Right now, how could Chu Mu be unhappy with this kind of open and aboveboard "using the public to enrich private interests".

Selecting a plant of medicinal herbs, Chu Mu looked as focused as ever, and from time to time he took a piece of medicinal material and put it in his mouth to chew. While experiencing the medicinal properties of the medicinal material, it corresponded to the medical knowledge in his mind.

Mr. Li leaned back on the reclining chair, squinted his eyes and looked at Chu Mu, his face was ponderous, as if he was thinking about something.

Chu Mu was immersed in it, as if he had completely ignored what happened to the outside world.

Time passed, and it wasn't until several sacks of medicinal materials were selected that Chu Mu finally came to his senses.

Recalling the selection process just now, Chu Mu sorted out his gains bit by bit.

People are more valuable in having self-knowledge.

Chu Mu is very clear that without using the "spiritual blessing", he is no different from ordinary people.

At most, it was the experience of his previous life, which made him think a little more than ordinary people in this era.

Learn the new by reviewing the past, learn and gain, then you have to consolidate and absorb it over and over again.

If not, within a few days, you will almost forget it, which is a waste of effort.

"There are also medicinal materials in that wooden box, you go and sort them too."

Elder Li pointed to a wooden box on the side, and said leisurely.

"it is good."

Chu Mu nodded, and stepped forward quickly. When the wooden box was opened, Chu Mu couldn't help being startled.

The wooden box is not big, and the box is ordinary, but inside the box, there are not as much medicinal materials as Chu Mu expected, but wooden boxes neatly arranged.

Compared with the ordinary wooden boxes, the neatly stacked wooden boxes in this box are obviously much more delicate.

The color of the wood is light red, but it is not painted red, but the color of the original wood, and the wooden box is carved with different exquisite patterns.

Just these wooden boxes are probably worth a lot.

"Medicine?"

Chu Mu pursed his lips, picked up a wooden box suspiciously, opened the lid, and a herb came into view.

"Prunella vulgaris, bitter and astringent in taste, cold in medicinal properties..."

Subconsciously, various memories about this medicinal plant flooded into Chu Mu's mind.

It is a very common medicinal material, which can be seen almost everywhere in the surrounding area of ​​Nanshan Town, and it is also one of the very few medicinal materials that Chu Mu can easily buy with his own financial resources.

Such ordinary medicinal materials are packaged in such an exquisite wooden box...

Chu Mu was a little speechless. Considering the commonness and cheapness of Prunella vulgaris, this wooden box alone would probably buy a lot of them.

Just when Chu Mu was about to take out the Prunella vulgaris from the wooden box and sort it into categories according to the previous procedure, Chu Mu's outstretched hand stopped suddenly.

wrong……

Chu Mu stared at the Prunella vulgaris in front of him.

He was very sure that the medicinal herb in front of him was undoubtedly Prunella vulgaris!

but……

"This grass grows in Pingze, and the leaves are like twirls. It grows in the first spring, and the ears appear in April. Its flowers are purple and white, like salvia miltiorrhiza, and they are everywhere. It grows for one year, and the leaves are purple and white. After ten years, the white lines are dim and difficult to distinguish..."

All the memories about this Prunella vulgaris came to mind at this moment.

No matter what kind of medicinal herb, nature has its growth law, flowering and fruiting, growth and withering, this is an inevitable process.

This was true in the previous life, and it is also true in this era.

But the only difference is that the survival ability of plants in this era is much stronger than in previous lives.

Just like this Prunella vulgaris, there is no difference from the traditional Chinese medicine Prunella vulgaris in the previous life.

However, the Prunella vulgaris in the previous life, as the name suggests, has white flowers, hence the name Prunella vulgaris.

Prunella vulgaris in this era is also white-flowered Prunella, but this withering will only wither a part, and the remaining part will continue to grow contrary to its growth cycle.

One year, two years, three years...

According to the description in the medical book, not only Prunella vulgaris, but most other medicinal plants have this phenomenon of violating the growth cycle.

Of course, the medicinal properties of this kind of medicinal material that transcends its own growth cycle will naturally change with its age.

The longer the year, the more precious it is!

Chu Mu doesn't know how many years it can grow up to, because those medical books didn't describe it.

But for Prunella vulgaris, according to the herbal illustrated book given by Mr. Li, the description of the age of Prunella vulgaris is the largest, and it is the description of Prunella vulgaris up to 200 years old.

There is a saying in the book: In 200 years, the rhizome was straight and nine to ten inches long, and the leaves became twins. The leaves were dark red, with green veins...

As for the plant in his hand, Chu Mu carefully discerned that limited knowledge corresponds to infinite possibilities.

A slightly vague answer also emerged in Chu Mu's mind.

"Fifty... around 60 years..."

In other words, the Prunella vulgaris that he thought was ordinary was actually a treasure that was five or sixty years old!
Chu Mu's breathing was a little short, and his eyes instantly fixed on the wooden box in front of him. The exquisite wooden boxes were neatly placed. Given the size of this wooden box, there are at least twenty or thirty wooden boxes in front of him!

Chu Mu carefully put the 60-year-old Prunella vulgaris in his hand back into the wooden box, his movements were unprecedentedly slight, and he was afraid that the force would be too strong and it would damage even the slightest bit.

When the wooden box was closed, Chu Mu couldn't wait and picked up another wooden box in the wooden box.

The wooden box was opened, and a medicinal herb that also seemed ordinary came into view.

With the lesson of Prunella vulgaris, Chu Mu naturally no longer underestimated the slightest bit. After careful identification, a pinellia that was about 20 years old and originally only existed in books has also witnessed it with his own eyes.

The wooden boxes were opened one by one, and then closed carefully.

Holding each plant of medicinal material in his hand, the content of each medical book is also circulating in Chu Mu's mind like never before, combining with the reality in front of him bit by bit.

Ten years, 20 years, 30 years...

Each plant seems to be an ordinary herbal medicine, and the changes in the medicinal materials themselves are not obvious under the difference of years.

Exhausting what I have learned, exhausting my focus, and treating this extremely rare experience...

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(End of this chapter)